Arlene and Mel had mailed most of their impedimenta to their daughter's house in Charlestown, so as not to have to fly with excess baggage. It turned out that a woman who shall remain nameless had forgotten to pack the tent poles when they loaded their stuff into our van! They cadged some abandoned poles from the campground office, but they weren't the correct size. They managed to improvise a hovel-like shelter using those poles and a lot of string.